Islam in Guam: history and Muslim population data

History of Islam in Guam

The Territory of Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It was ceded to the US by Spain in 1899 and occupied by Japan between 1941 and 1944. The Island Territory has an area of 541 sq km and its map is presented in Figure 6.3.2. As shown in Table 6.3.2, estimates of the Muslim population in this U.S. Territory decreased from 100 or 0.08% in 1990 to 50 or 0.03% in 2010. Thus, assuming that the percentage of Muslims will increase by 0.01 of a percentage point per decade; then the Muslim population is expected to remain less than 300 or 0.1% throughout this century.

Historical Muslim population dataset for Guam

The figures below are from the CoMPS historical dataset. Population values are expressed in thousands; 2100 is a modelled projection, not a present-day count.

For the full time series and visualisation, use the interactive map above.